HT Correspondent
SIVASAGAR, May 18: Speaking as a resource person, in a workshop on poem composition in Fuleswari Girls’ HS School Auditorium, on Thursday, noted poet and stage personality Santanu Chetia said that for writing poetry one needs to have their feet firmly on the ground and must feel the sensibilities of the common men passionately.
Quoting extensively from Hiren Bhattacharya’s works and other poets, he said that poems must be simple in word and structure but universally sublime in thought and theme. Noted stage director Prasanta Sarmah introduced the poet and his poetry while the principal of the school Pranob Barua felicitated him. Manoj Kumar Borthakur, president, SMDC, spoke a few words on the world of poetry.
